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Tohoku Earthquake Case study
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Tsunami
a major secondary consequence of teh Tohoku earthquake
7.2
magnitude of foreshock 2 days before the major earthquake
9.0
Magnitude of Tohoku earthquake
6 days
Time it took to repair a motorway damaged by the tsunami
Destructive boundary
caused the subduction which caused the earthquake
9th of March 2011
Date of the Earthquake
70km
the distance of the coast of Japan from the Epicentre
Fukushima Power Plant
was badly damaged, resleasing radiation
40%
of Japan has sea walls, but they were too small for the tsunami
3minutes
Time after the quake a tsunami warning was given
JMA
Agency in Japan that predicts earthquakes
15,854
The death toll
$235 billion
Cost of this disaster
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